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...petered away within hours of his resignation; two of Italy's strongest newspapers came out next morning against any attempt to reform the government along Pella's lines. "No rightist solution is possible in the present situation," said Turin's La Stampa, which is owned by Fiat. Added Milan's respected Corriere della Sera: "The rank and file of the party, supported by a large percentage of the clergy and even the episcopate, have turned left ... at the same time that the Christian Democratic Party hierarchy has stood still...
...lectures of classes in the field of Classics. Attached to the Professorship is a professorial fellowship at Balliol College, which gives Finley the full rights of a senior member of the College. These include the Common Table and Senior Common Room privileges, and entitle him to a fiat...
...Flying Friars normally operate in teams of three. Whenever they hear of a Communist meeting or rally, they crank up their ancient Fiat, and bear down on the local piazza, loudspeakers, documentary films and tape recorders at the ready, fighting for a chance to give their side a hearing, too. During the June Italian elections, one of the-friars, heckling a Communist speaker, quoted the man against himself. "But I never said that," the orator shouted, "not even in my dreams." The friar quickly turned on a recording of the Communist's remarks in question. Cried...
Last week they strikingly augmented the material resources of their mission. To replace the wheezing, borrowed Fiat which had become their trademark, Franciscan Toschi walked into a Bologna automobile dealer's to take delivery of two new Fiat station wagons (bought on the installment plan). Out of respect for his cloth and his impatience, the dealer hustled Father Toschi through the formalities of the sale as quickly as possible. Snapped an irritated lay customer, unwittingly confirming the success of Toschi's mission: "These damn Flying Friars are always taking off without waiting their turn...
...support of the Monarchists and toned down enemies like Togliatti and Nenni. He still treats each lira as if it were the last of the species: he never uses the Premier's special railroad car, has dismissed his police-escort car, recently borrowed a tiny Fiat for a vacation trip instead of using his gas-greedy Alfa Romeo. With his wife and daughter Wanda, he lives in a simple apartment in Rome's newest apartment-house district, sometimes visits his old (77) mother, who still lives near Biella among the effects of a half-century ago. She consented...